Location
Offers online therapy
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About
I treat children, adolescents, couples and families (from ages 6 to 60) .There are many problems affecting children, adolescents, families and couples today. The stress of contemporary life sometimes becomes overwhelming and can result in anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, alcohol and other addictive issues, marital conflict, infidelity, sibling conflict and financial concerns. My interventions are based on evidence-based practices which empirically demonstrated that when used they work by increasing coping skills, self-sufficiency, and overcome self-defeating behaviors.
I am experienced in play therapy which I use with youth. I have special supervised training to work with children and adolescents. I use Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Based Brief Therapy. I advocate for children with special needs to assure they receive good accommodations.
I believe that everyone has the skills they need to be successful and productive, they just haven't recognized them yet. As a clinician, I can see the strengths in clients and help them reach their full potential and lead rewarding and productive lives. Living in toxic environments, dependent relationships, and debilitating upbringings unwittingly hurt us.
Call or Email Phoenix Mental Health Services, LLC for a free 15 minute consultation now - (757) 347-8408
Finances
- Session Fee: $120 per session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Beacon Health Options
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Health Net
- HealthKeepers
- Humana
- MHN | Health Net
- Magellan
- Medicaid
- Optima
- Optum
- TRICARE
- UMR
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 13 Years
- License: Virginia / 0701001079
- School: The College of William & Mary
- Year Graduated: 1986
I am a Nationally Certified Counselor, a Registered Play Therapist, and a Diplomate in Child and Adolescent Counseling
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: NBCC "Nationally Board Certified" / NCSC/9849
- Certificate Date: 2003
- Certificate: NBCC "Nationally Board Certified" / NCC/09849
- Certificate Date: 1984
Phoenix Mental Health Services, LLC's Groups
Coastal Virginia Counseling
101 N. Lynnhaven Rd., Suite 308 Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Daily: 757-222-4944. Tuesday-Thursday 9:00a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Anger Management
Issues
- ADHD
- Acute Stress
- Addiction
- Alcohol Use
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Medication Management
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Mental Health
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Thinking Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Black and African American and Hispanic and Latino
Faith:
Christian
Age
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
Communities
- Gay Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Single Mother
- Transgender Allied
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Adlerian
- Art Therapy
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Couples Counseling
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents
- Positive Psychology
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Last Modified: 1 Dec 2022
(757) 347-8408